The Saint Nicholas Day Snow is available from Amazon, Bookshop.org, and your favorite indie bookstore.
Catherine doesn’t like vegetables. She doesn’t like naps. She doesn’t like it when her mom combs her hair. She loves hot dogs, chocolate cake, and her best friend, Elizabeth. Most of all, she loves Pascha! Pascha, the Orthodox Christian Easter, is celebrated in the middle of the night, with processions and candles and bells and singing. And Catherine insists that she’s not a bit sleepy.
Catherine’s Pascha is available from Amazon, Bookshop.org, and your favorite indie bookstore.
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